Long Island City's insane number of new apartments is growing by the minute. Thanks to the Commercial Observer, add this one to the list: an office conversion at 42-15 Crescent Street, which is about half a block south of the Queensboro Plaza subway stop. What's not the most attractive design on eartha solid bottom with a glassy topper will do that to yacomes courtesy of Avinash K. Malhotra Architects; the revamped building will house 124 condos across 11 stories, as well as shops on the ground floor. The developer is Meadow Partners, which is also putting up a rental building across the street at 42-14 Crescent Street.
Via the Court Square Blog, what the building looked like, mid-conversion, as of May. The building switched from rentals to condos sometime in that time period.
· Rendering Revealed for Meadow Partners' LIC Conversion [Commercial Observer]
· Mapping Long Island City's Insane Number of New Apartments [Curbed]
· All Long Island City coverage [Curbed]